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Surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful, especially to those who don't expect it and often feel they don't deserve it.

Jeffrey R. Holland

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Jeffrey R. Holland
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: December 3
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St. George
Utah
Jeffrey Roy Holland
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However many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made, ... you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love.
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Don't do anything stupid.
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Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.
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In His own ministry, Jesus did not come to improve God's view of man nearly so much as He came to improve man's view of God and to plead with them to love their Heavenly Father as He has always and will always love them.
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Be strong. Live the gospel faithfully even if others around you don’t live it at all.
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In seeking true peace some of us need to improve what has to be improved, confess what needs to be confessed, forgive what needs to be forgiven, and forget what should be be forgotten in order that serenity can come to us.
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